4582.30
Area of jurisdiction.

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, the
area of jurisdiction of a port authority created in accordance with section
4582.22 of the Revised Code shall
include all of the territory of the political subdivision or subdivisions
creating it and, if the port authority owns or leases a railroad line or
airport, the territory on which the railroad's line, terminals, and related
facilities or the airport's runways, terminals, and related facilities are
located, regardless of whether the territory is located in the political
subdivision or subdivisions creating the port authority.

(2)
A municipal corporation with a population
of at least one hundred thousand according to the most recent federal decennial
census may create a port authority within a county that previously created an
existing port authority, if the municipal corporation did not join with the
county in creating the port authority or thereafter join that port authority.
The newly created port authority and the previously created and existing port
authority shall possess concurrent jurisdiction over any territory within the
jurisdiction of both.

(3)
A county
may create a port authority the area of jurisdiction of which excludes any
territory that is located in that county and is in the area of jurisdiction of
any port authority created in accordance with section
4582.02 or
4582.22 of the Revised Code that
is then existing in the county.

(1)
Except as provided in division (B)(2) or (3) of this section, a political
subdivision that has created a port authority or joined an existing port
authority shall not be included in any other port authority.

(2)
A municipal corporation with a population
of less than one hundred thousand according to the most recent federal
decennial census that has joined an existing port authority in a county with a
population of five hundred thousand or less may create a port authority within
the territorial jurisdiction of the municipal corporation.

(3)
A municipal corporation and a county
jointly may create a new port authority if both of the following apply:

(a)
The municipal corporation created a port
authority after July 9, 1982, and that port authority operates an airport;

(b)
The county joined a port
authority after July 9, 1982, and that port authority operated an airport.